Sport physician services

Sports physicians traditionally treat sports-related injuries. Orthopaedic physicians often work as sports physicians. We can offer you the services of shoulder, back, ankle, foot and knee specialists with extensive experience in treating professional and amateur athletes.

Sports physician is not an official title in Finland (although there are physicians who specialise in sports and exercise medicine). This means that any physician can call him- or herself a sports physician. However, the term sports physician is typically used by physicians who have a background in sports or at the very least a special interest in treating athletes.

Apart from orthopaedic physicians, we have sports and exercise medicine specialists as well as a wide variety of other physicians who treat athletes within their own specialist fields. For instance, athletes may be in need of cardiologist, gynaecologist, clinical physiologist and radiologist services. General practitioners with a special interest in sports can also treat athletes and, for instance, perform athletes’ health checks.

Instructions

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Make an appointment online or by calling 09 7750 800. You can also make an appointment at the reception desk at any Diacor medical centre.

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If you think that your insurance company can be billed for the treatment, please bring your insurance information (company name and insurance number).

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Please observe the following, especially if you are visiting us for the first time:

Bring a list of the medications you are currently using, complete with the strengths and doses.

If you have ever had an allergic reaction to any medication, please keep a list of the medication(s) in question.

If you have received treatment or been for follow-up visits elsewhere, please bring any relevant lab and/or X-ray results and case histories.

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When paying, you can schedule appointments for any X-ray examinations, lab tests or other examinations that your doctor has prescribed for you.

Expenses

A private physician sets his or her own rates, so the prices may vary depending on how long the appointment takes, for instance. You can get information about a particular physician’s rates online or when you make an appointment.

An appointment of less than 20 minutes normally costs around 85 euros, but a Social Insurance Institution reimbursement of 13.50 euros is directly subtracted from the price. The customer pays 71.50 euros plus an administrative fee, which currently amounts to 17 euros. In this example, the customer therefore pays 88.50 euros for the visit. Any necessary examinations are billed separately.